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Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 31 May 2006  Page Views: 7716

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Jawan Chambered Tomb
Country: Saudi Arabia
NOTE: This site is 124.367 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Safwa  Nearest Village: Tarut Bay
Latitude: 26.660000N  Longitude: 50.160000E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Chambered Tomb in Saudi Arabia. The Jawan Chamber Tomb, on the Arabian Gulf coast, was excavated by oil company employees in 1952 and was found to contain a number of objects, including gold, bronze, iron and ivory, probably dating from at least 2,000 years ago.

Located at the head of Tarut Bay, about six kilometers north of present day Safwa

Although the tomb had been looted long ago, probably within the first decade of its completion, it was subsequently used as an ossuary by later generations. The inital excavation found about 80 skeletons in the central chamber, as well as a few fragments of glass and pottery, several glass and carnelian beads and one thin, small bronze spatula.

Perhaps the most striking discovery was the body of a six year old girl found in the Northeast cist, seen to the right of the damaged tomb entrance in the foreground. Apparently she had been ritually sacrificed and then buried with her possessions and her jewelry including gold and pearl earrings and a necklace made of a variety of stones, garnets, carnelian, amethyst, onyx, pearls and gold beads. Also found in the grave of the Jawan Girl was this alabaster statuette of the Venus type common in the Greek and Hellenistic worlds.

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Jawan Chambered Tomb Report by Andy B on Wednesday, 31 May 2006
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More details, including the full archaeological report to download!
http://www.outintheblue.com/jawan_chamber_tomb.htm

The Jawan Chamber Tomb. Adapted from a report by F.S. Vidal, Dammam, December 1953
http://www.outintheblue.com/FTP/Jawan_Web.pdf
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